CENTRIC Workshop on Digital Twinning – 27 February 2025
2025-02-27 13:00 - 14:30 UTC
🕒 3 minsThe CENTRIC project held a workshop on Digital Twinning on February 27, 13:00 – 14:30 CET. This event, led by Work Package 2 (WP2), delved into the role of AI-driven hardware platforms and enablers in creating reliable and cutting-edge digital twins to enhance data augmentation and prediction accuracy.
Key presentations were:

Clement Ruah (KCL): Reliable Digital Twinning for Data Augmentation (Recording)
Houssem Sifaou (KCL): Reliable Semi-Supervised Learning via Prediction Powered Inference (Recording)
Robin Jess Williams (AAU): Predicting Channel Statistics via Digital Twinning (Recording)

Digital twinning is a transformative approach enabling the real-time mirroring of physical systems in a digital realm. This workshop will showcase innovative applications of digital twinning in network environments, exploring new techniques to drive efficiency and reliability.
Join us to learn how CENTRIC is pushing the boundaries of AI-AI hardware and preparing the groundwork for transformative 6G technologies, including self-driving vehicles, nano bio-communication, and holographic multi-sensory experiences.
Recordings available on YouTube
Thank you for attending this pivotal event in AI-driven network research.
Recordings are now available on our YouTube channel!

MWC25 Barcelona – 3-6 March 2025 at Fira Gran Via, Barcelona
2025-03-03 - 2025-03-06
🕒 3 mins2025 event theme: Converge. Connect. Create.
MWC Barcelona is the ultimate confluence of technology, people and ideas – creating the blueprint for future industries and societies. See how this shapes the debate at this year’s event.
Themes at MWC Barcelona 2025
Whether you’re a visitor, exhibitor, sponsor or speaker, our six event themes will shape your MWC journey – as well as the future of the planet. Chosen from extensive industry research and shaped by GSMA subject-matter experts, they combine the key business, technological, policy, ethical and societal developments over the coming years.

Find all themes at https://www.mwcbarcelona.com/themes
Where technology, community and commerce converge

MWC Barcelona is the largest and most influential event for the connectivity ecosystem. Whether you’re a global mobile operator, device manufacturer, technology provider, vendor, content owner, or are simply interested in the future of tech, you need to be here.
Why? Because it’s the one time of year where everyone who’s anyone comes together under one roof. Tens of thousands of senior executives from the top global companies, international governments and trailblazing tech businesses converge at MWC Barcelona to make decisions.

Thought leaders become change-makers
New ideas turn into business deals
And networking means remarkable connections

CENTRIC Workshop on AI-Driven Radio Network Control – 4 March 2025
2025-03-04 14:00 - 15:30
🕒 3 minsOn March 4 at 14:00 – 15:30 CET as the CENTRIC project hosted an insightful workshop on AI-driven Radio Network Control.
Spearheaded by Work Package 4 (WP4), this session explored advanced AI protocols and radio resource management techniques shaping the future of 6G networks.
Presentations included:

Abanoub Pipaoy (UOULU): Time-Series Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture for Control Tasks (recording)
Bryan Liu (NNF): A Lossless Compression Technique for the Downlink Control Information Message (recording)
Septimia Sarbu (UOULU): Protocol Learning for the Collaborative Navigation of Robots (recording)
Francesco Malandrino (CNIT): Efficient Management of Human-Centric, Cell-Less 6G Networks (recording)

This workshop highlighted innovative solutions to optimize communication protocols, manage network resources, and address the unique challenges of 6G use cases.
By integrating AI-driven approaches, CENTRIC aims to revolutionize wireless connectivity for applications such as autonomous robots, sustainable network architectures, and collaborative navigation.
Re-watch the full recordings here! (YouTube Channel)

CENTRIC Webinar on Physical Layer Methods for AI-native 6G Air-Interface - 23 May 2025
2025-05-23 14:00 - 15:30
🕒 3 minsRecordings available on our YouTube Channel!
On Friday 23rd May 2025, from 14:00 to 15:30 CEST, the CENTRIC project hosted an exciting webinar on AI-driven Physical Layer Methods for 6G Air-Interface.
This session delved into the latest breakthroughs in AI-native communication, showcasing pioneering techniques that will define the next generation of 6G wireless networks.
Agenda:

Sebastian Cammerer (NVIDIA): Real-Time Neural Receiver for Pilotless Communication – Recording
Alejandro V. Rodriguez (KEYSIGHT): Testing and Validation of 6G Neural Receiver – Recording
Ahmet Serdar Tan (IDC): AI-Enabled Non-Codebook Based Symbol Modulation – Recording
Aakash Saini (Nokia): AI/ML-Driven SFT Domain CSI Compression – Recording

This webinar will explore how AI-driven innovations are transforming the physical layer of 6G, from pilotless communication and neural receivers to advanced symbol modulation and CSI compression. As AI reshapes wireless connectivity, CENTRIC is at the forefront of these advancements.

EuCNC & 6G SUMMIT 2025 in Poznan, Poland - 3 to 6 June 2025
2025-07-03 - 2025-07-06
🕒 3 mins

Steering Committee Chairs
Luis M. Correia, IST – U. Lisbon, PT (Chair)
Pavlos Fournogerakis, SNS JU, BE (Vice-Chair)
Matti Latva-aho, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI (Vice-Chair)
Technical Programme Co-Chairs
Hanna Bogucka, PUT, PL
Pawel Kryszkiewicz, PUT, PL
Ari Pouttu, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Track Co-Chairs
PHY – Physical Layer and Fundamentals
Tony Quek, SUTD, SG
Eduard Jorswieck, TU Braunschweig, DE
Mikko Uusitalo, Nokia Bell Labs, FI
WOS – Wireless, Optical and Satellite Networks
Zheng Chang, UESTC, CN
Dimitrios Apostolopoulos, NTUA, GR
Eva Lagunas, U. Luxembourg, LU
NET – Network Softwarisation
Toktam Mahmoodi, KCL, UK
Sinem Coreli, Koc University, TR
Konstantin Mikhaylov, U. Oulu, FI
AIU – Applications, IoT, Use cases
Periklis Chatzimisios, IHU, GR- UNM, USA
Margot Deruyck, U. Ghent-IMEC, BE
Hirozumi Yamaguchi, U. Osaka, JP
OPE – Operational & Experimental Insights
Leon Wong, Rakuten Mobile, JP
Florian Kaltenberger, Eurecom, FR
Jerzy Domżał, AGH, PL
AI4C – AI/ML Solutions for Communications
Katarzyna Kosek-Szott, AGH, PL
Michele Polese, Northeastern University, USA
Haris Gačanin, RWTH Aachen, DE
SAQ – Security Aspects and Quantum Communications
Vishnu Ram, Consultant (ITU), IN
Piotr Rydlichowski, PSNC, PL
Marco Chiani, UNIBO, IT
CMA – Components, Microelectronics, Photonics & Antennas
Qin Wang, RISE, SE
Izzat Darwazeh, UCL, UK
Sudhir Dixit, IISc, IN
NVS – Next-Generation Visions & Sustainability
Marja Matinmikko-Blue, U. Oulu – 6G Flagship, FI
Jaap van de Beek, LTU, SE
Volker Ziegler, Nokia Bell Labs, DE
Panels Co-Chairs
Hamed Ahmadi, U. York, UK
Christina Lessi, OTE, GR
Special Sessions Co-Chairs
Alexander Wyglinski, WPI, USA
Xueli An, Huawei, DE
Sławomir Ambroziak, PG, PL
Workshops Co-Chairs
Ana García Armada, UC3M, ES
Salvatore D’Oro, Northeastern U., USA
Aydin Sezgin, RUB, DE
Tutorials Co-Chairs
Piotr Zwierzykowski, PUT, PL
Markku Juntti, U. Oulu, FI
Sławomir Stańczak, TU Berlin, DE
Patronage Co-Chairs
Krzysztof Cichoń, PUT, PL
Jordi Mongay Batalla, PW, PL
Slawomir Ambroziak, PG, PL
Esa Posio, U. Oulu, FI
Exhibitions Co-Chairs
Marcin Rodziewicz, PUT, PL
Michael Dieudonne, Keysight, BE
IEEE ComSoc Liaison
Stefano Bregni, POLIMI, IT
COST Liaison
Ralph Stübner, COST, BE
URSI Liaison
Sana Salous, Durham U., UK
EurAAP Liaison
Jose Molina Garcia Pardo, U. Cartagena, ES The 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit builds on putting together two successful conferences in the area of telecommunications: EuCNC, in its 34th edition of a series, supported by the European Commission; the 6G Summit, in its 7h edition, originated from the 6G Flagship programme in Finland, one of the very first in its area. The conference is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society (ComSoc), the European Association for Signal Processing (EURASIP) and the European Association on Antennas and Propagation (EurAAP) and supported by the European Commission. The conference addresses various aspects of Beyond 5G/6G communications systems and networks. It brings together cutting-edge research and world-renown industries and businesses, globally attracting in the last years close to 900 delegates from more than 40 countries all over the world, to present and discuss the latest results, and an exhibition with more than 50 exhibitors, for demonstrating the technology developed in the area, namely within research projects from EU R&I programmes.
The conference program will include:

Keynotes
Panels
Regular sessions (papers from open call, to be submitted for uploading to IEEE Xplore)
Special and Convened sessions, with papers on specific topics
Workshops, with papers and presentations on specific topics
Poster sessions (extended abstracts from open call addressing the latest results)
Tutorials
Demos and exhibitions, with pitches

Key dates:

26 Jan. 2025 – Deadline for submission of papers for regular oral sessions
26 Jan. 2025 – Deadline for submission of proposals for workshops, special sessions and tutorials
07 Mar. 2025 – Deadline for submission of extended abstracts for posters
07 Mar. 2025 – Notification of acceptance of workshops, special sessions and tutorials
28 Mar. 2025 – Deadline for submission of proposals for exhibitions
01 Apr. 2025 – Notification of acceptance of papers and extended abstracts
11 Apr. 2025 – Deadline for final papers for all sessions and workshops
18 Apr. 2025 – Deadline for authors registration
25 Apr. 2025 – Draft programme available
